Tuesday, August 23, 2011

FCC finally kills off fairness doctrine

FCC finally kills off fairness doctrine - Brooks Boliek - POLITICO.com
The FCC gave the coup de grace to the fairness doctrine Monday as the commission axed more than 80 media industry rules.
Earlier this summer FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski agreed to erase the post WWII-era rule, but the action Monday puts the last nail into the coffin for the regulation that sought to ensure discussion over the airwaves of controversial issues did not exclude any particular point of view

Free speech lives!

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